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Arrests in attack on teen now at five
Sweet Home Police Department announced Friday, Feb. 25, that they have arrested four additional suspects in the Feb.…
Fire destroys Willow Street home
Fire destroyed a home at 1907 Willow St. early Wednesday morning, Feb. 23. According to a Sweet Home…
Towry out as city manager
Ray Towry resigned as Sweet Home’s city manager Friday, Feb. 18, during a special meeting of the Sweet…
Facing, braving the heat
By Scott Swanson and Sarah Brown Of The New Era When Mike Pomeroy’s wife Ronda asked him earlier this…
Sweet Home School District February ESPY Award Winners
Foster School: Violet Wilson and Blake Bellon, second grade. Oak Heights School: Abigail Meek, third grade; and Jaxson…
Mill site deal still brewing
Scott Swanson The county has agreed to sell the former Willamette/Weyerhaeuser mill site to Sweet Home businessman Josh…
County extends Knife River enterprise zone
Albany-Millersburg Economic Development Corporation president John Pascone on Tuesday, Feb. 15, asked the Linn County Board of Commissioners…
The proof is in the work
Benny Westcott The New Era’s fortunate to have a feature not many other newsrooms can brag about: a…
Lights … camera … FESTIVAL!
In the second photo, Ray Nomoto Robison of Medford, director of the winning film in the inaugural Reel…
Towry resigns as Sweet Home city manager
Benny Westcott Ray Towry resigned as Sweet Home’s city manager Friday, Feb. 18, during a special meeting of…
Homeless facility site moves again
Benny Westcott In what’s become a constantly evolving back-and-forth, years-long process, the Sweet Home City Council has once…
Principal: Grad rate worrisome
Benny Westcott Sweet Home High School Principal Ralph Brown told School Board members, at their monthly meeting Monday,…
Mill site sold to Sweet Home businessman
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed unanimously Tuesday, Feb. 8, to sell the…
Arrests rise as cops probe attack on junior high school student
Police have arrested three teenagers suspected of participating in an attack Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 9, on a Sweet…
Longtime director leaves Boys & Girls Club post
Sarah Brown After a decade as executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam,…
The former mill property’s long journey: A timeline (2010-2022)
The saga of the former Western States Land Reliance Trust properties has included many ebbs and flows since…
Garage destroyed in Lebanon fire
Fire destroyed this garage Monday morning, Feb. 14, in the 300 block of 13th St., Lebanon. According to…
Linn Law Library offers rental aid information
More than 24 people have received rental and utility assistance information through the Linn County Law Library since…
Pedestrian struck by car
Rescue workers, in the first photo, attend to a man who was struck by a car on the…
Municipal Court (Feb. 16, 2022)
January 26, 2022 — Bowman, Alicia G – guilty by default – Violation driving while suspended or revoked,…
Scholarships available for students pursuing health care
The Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation is accepting scholarship application programs for east Linn County students pursuing careers in…
Sweet Home celebrates 35th anniversary with Tree City USA
Sweet Home is marking a major milestone this year with the national Tree City USA program of the…
Santiam Canyon relief fund gets $245K for 2020 wildfires
The Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund, established after the 400,000-acre-plus conflagration that destroyed 1,500 structures in Linn, Jefferson,…
Shelter: Homeless no more
Benny Westcott Duck Hollow neighborhood residents who expressed opposition to a proposed homeless facility near their properties during…
Police arrest one in attack on junior high student
Police have arrested a teenager who is suspected of participating in an attack Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 9, on…